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Month. 500,000 u.s. troops on the ground. the institute for the study of war here in washington says there are other options. >> what this leaves us is a limited standoff attack using surface ships, cruise missiles, submarines and also precision guided munitions from airplanes all flying below the radar and air defense system at targets inside of syria military value. >> the u.s. could use warplanes from outside of syrian air space. that's what the israelis have done to some effect so there are options. options are being considered but again, the decision rests with the president at this point...

Chemical weapons attack, killing hundreds of its own people, maybe thousands, some tense moments for the u.n. team investigating that charge. the inspectors' vehicle coming under fire in damascus even before it reached the site of the alleged poison gas attack. president obama said a year ago that the use of chemical weapons would be a red line for him but now the u.s. is denying that the strike is imminent with chuck hagel saying the obama administration is still analyzing intelligence and any action we take will be part of a coordinated effort with the international community. despite renewe...

The secretary on a trip to indonesia said the u.s. is looking at all options but he emphasized this. >> ouranalyzing the intelligence and, we will get the facts and if there's any action taken it will be in concert with the international community and within the framework of legal justification. jon: meanwhile lawmakers on both sides of the aisle weighed in on the issue on the sunday talk shows. >> i think we will respond in a surgical way and i hope the president as soon as we get back to washington will ask for authorization from congress to do something in a very surgical and proportional w...

Adviser and deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush and also a fox news contributor. a little ironic that this president largely won office on the strength of his opposition to the war in iraq and now finds himself facing a possible military intervention in syria. what do you make of the situation that faces it? >> not a lot of good options and it's to some degree of his own making. remember over two years ago, he said asad must go. if you're the president of the united states and you say that, eventually, sooner rather than later, that person needs to go. otherwise, your credibility...

One john mccain called for, a no-fly zone. the attendant danger of that is draws america more into the conflict f that doesn't work and it may very well not and we see more massacres on the ground there will be greater calls for more american involvement and who knows where that will lead. another possibility will be limited strikes, saying these strikes are against regime targets in response to chemical attacks. we will not tolerate chemical attacks. they're not necessarily involving us in the out come of the conflict but if saying chemical weapons are used we will respond to regime targets t...